at this as a whole ters lake really needs to be part of that and it's not so I think that's a a um uh I don't want to say it's a failing but it's something that's concerning because it's not there

golf VI isn't losing any playground amenities these are pretty high level Concepts um so we haven't dug into the in the weeds of is there going to be a slide how many slides um but at G VI there's um propos improvements to upgrade the playground equipment to either add more amenities for younger kids or older kids

with the concepts um we're putting something out there cuz when people have something they can react to it so you know if we get the comments that they don't want the nature play they don't want it to move we'll take that under consideration and and do another level another round of refinements for the concept plans

accessibility infrastructure and this is a really important one because it's probably what's lacking in our Park system the most

now of course we're going to have to balance uh what we and what we hear out of that Park survey with kind of the realities of the financial situation that we're in as well um and it's a delicate task on how to balance that act and hopefully you know we do the best that we can

despite the tough office Market they told us at the meeting uh that the laboratory component has really helped them have a much higher rate of occupancy hovering in the high 80%

they noted that they had been growing at Double digigit rates each year uh they noted that they are expanding across the street to another of the JCS properties owned buildings um as a part of the Minnesota investment fund and job creation fund grants that City staff helped with last year

they said specifically they like the small town feel of Oakdale and the proximity to amenities and highways and said that the business support environment was really supportive and generally asked staff not to over regulate the business environment

The total number of jobs did not return to pre-co levels until June of last year and has continued to climb solely since last June

here we have a chart showing General unemployment in Minnesota compared to the us as a whole Minnesota is that purple trend line in the back and the US is more of that magenta salmon pink color um and overthe growth is shown in the line graph so here we can see that Minnesota's unemployment rate has largely followed National Trends with a 10-year peak in unemployment during covid and a gradual decline since uh generally Minnesota has maintained a lower unemployment rate than the national rate

These stats generally reflect the current labor market in the Twin Cities at the moment and those sum up some of the newer trends that deed is seeing in the last few months